For sale: custom vintage auto with Hollywood pedigree. Three-liter V-6 engine, polished aluminum hood, serpent horn, wings. Has history of issues with exhaust system. Sure, you could drop $2.6 million on a Bugatti Veyron to cruise the Sunset Strip, but for less than that you might be able to really make an impression with the "fantasmagorical machine" from the classic 1968 film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" starring Dick Van Dyke. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" car: A headline on an article in the May 12 Calendar section about the sale of the car from "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" said the movie was a Disney film. The film was...

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